If you get the Corona you won't really need the sim. They do help, but if you crash a corona you don't spend more than 10 bucks in repairs. I was doing nose in hovering at about 30 feet and getting ahead of myself, she rolled over and hit the ground 90 degrees on her side. I thought "Oh no" walked up to it straightened the blades re-bent the wire gear and it flew without a single vibration. These stories can be found everywhere - Coronas are almost indistructable


smack it into a wall,, stopp,, straighten the rotors and fly on,,, try that with a corona,

Check out the videos on the Lite Machines website - they do exactly that. And it isn't camera tricks. Ask anyone with a corona and hands down it is the toughest heli. Guys have flown them into the ground and trees going full tilt and coming out with 8 dollar repair bills. I have flown the micros and they break if you look at them sideways (no more than most other helis though) and they are so light that they are almost unstable.

Go with a corona and an Atomic force brushed motor with 8 cell 2600 or 3300 and you won't be sorry. Try a search here and if you have 10 hours to spare - try a search at rcgroups.com and ask some of the guys there some questions. There are a lot of very knowledgable people there.

Whatever you decide - do lots of reasearch. Helis are expensive no matter how you look at it, and you don't what to just jump in blind. Good Luck![8D]